PLEASE. PLEASE. If you are an oil painter or even traditional artist, READ THIS. Take as many precautions as you can with your art.
YOUR HEALTH > YOUR WORK
YOUR HEALTH > YOUR WORK
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And wearing gloves means changing gloves often too, if you wear gloves but then touch your phone/face with it that's useless
It's pretty much every single *other* pigment that's a problem; although some are much worse than others.
Still far from being the worst, I agree on that
Learn from us.
Making it a habit to do a break to take a looong walk outside between working on stuff has improved both mental and physical health
It sounds so basic, yet it is so important!
as silly as it sounds, getting that message randomly during work is a godsent ^^;
Medieval scribes used a writing slope, artists use easels, draftspeople had a tilting table; an adjustable work surface helps to promote good posture.
work to live, live to work, etc
Not enough space with good enough ventilation where I live and I have a cat so not putting her at risk either.
There are oil paints now that are meant to be non-toxic, but I'd still take precautions anyway using those
I made chromate pigment in an organic chemistry class and the professor had us wearing masks, long gloves and working with it entirely inside the fume hoods.
I had breast cancer at 33.
I still think stress & unnecessary hormonal birth control were factors too, but I can’t discount college painting
Even if you stick to the advice given, it's still very risky.
There are heaps of other media that create great results and software is advanced enough to fake the oil paint style if one really needs it. Health > Art
It's the solvents like turpentine that are the biggest problem, because they're just as dangerous as heavy metals, and you have much higher exposure to them.
*SNIIIIIFF*
"AH, this one smells like rotten orange"
You would reach more people, when you add a good description into the Alt-text field.
That is pretty easy, especially, when your image just contain text.
This way, you support visually impaired people and everyone else, who rely on a good filled Alt-text.
#accessibility